# Perera

Perera is a surname of Portuguese origin. The name is a variant of the common Portuguese surname Pereira (meaning pear tree). There are other variants in the Iberian Peninsula: Perer (Catalan), Perero, Pereros (Extremadura, Salamanca and Valladolid), Pereyra, Pereyras, Das Pereiras, Paraira (Portuguese), Pereire, Pereyre (Pyrenees), Pereiro, Pereiros (Galician).

## General

* Augurio Perera, Spanish pioneer of lawn tennis and a founder of the world's first tennis club
* Ajith C. S. Perera, Sri Lankan academic, manager and cricket umpire
* Anura C. Perera, Sri Lankan American Sinhala science writer and astronomer
* Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement
* Cheryl Perera (born 1986), Sri Lankan Canadian children's rights activist
* Dhammika Perera, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He is one of the wealthiest people in Sri Lanka.
* Elmo Noel Joseph Perera (1932-2015), 5th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle
* Frederica Perera (born 1941), American environmental health scientist
* Izidor Perera-Matić, Croatian physician and partisan during World War II
* Lionello Perera, Italian-American banker and philanthropist
* Nadeeka Perera, Sri Lankan model
* Sylvia Brinton Perera, Jungian psychoanalyst and author

## Arts

* Algama Koralalage Lionel Kumaradasa Perera (1935-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
* Camillus Perera, Sri Lankan cartoonist
* Chandralekha Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala pop vocalist
* H. A. Perera, Sri Lankan actor
* J. A. Milton Perera, Sri Lankan singer
* Ladislaus Perera Ranasinghe (1913-1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
* Lahiru Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala musician, music producer
* Mahendra Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
* Mary Felicia Perera (born 1944), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
* Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Perera, Sri Lankan singer
* Nalin Perera (born 1969), Sri Lankan Sinhala singer-songwriter
* Ranasinghe Arachchige Chandrasena Perera, Sri Lankan musician
* Shirley Perera, Sri Lankan radio personality
* Wannakulawattawaduge Don Albert Perera, Sri Lankan singer
* Dennis Perera, Sri Lankan film director
* Rukshan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
* Sunil Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and composer
* Vicumpriya Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist, poet, and music producer
* Koddul Arachchige Wilson Perera (1926-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala director

## Politics, military and state officials

* Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1901-1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala MP and Cabinet Minister
* Andrew Ranjan Perera, Sri Lankan judge
* Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer
* Cyril E. S. Perera (1892-1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Ceylon House of Representatives
* Denis Perera, Sri Lankan Army officer
* Dick Perera, 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
* Donald Perera, Sri Lankan Air Force officer
* Edmund Walter Perera Seneviratne Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and diplomat
* Edward George Perera Jayetileke, Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 1950-1952
* E. W. Perera, Sri Lankan politician
* Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat
* Ernest Perera (1932-2013), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993
* Felix Perera, Sri Lankan politician
* Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage (died 2000), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1991-1994
* Gamamedaliyanage John Paris Perera, Sri Lankan politician
* Henry Perera, 8th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
* Janaka Perera, Sri Lankan General and politician
* Jayantha Perera, 19th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
* Joseph Michael Perera, 24th Minister of Home Affairs of Sri Lanka
* Jude Perera, member for Cranbourne District of Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
* M. J. Perera, Sri Lankan high-civil servant
* Monath Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Air Force fighter pilot
* Neomal Perera, Sri Lankan politician
* Noemí Santana Perera, a member of the Podemos party of Spain
* N. M. Perera, Sri Lankan politician
* Reginald Perera (1915-1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
* Roberto Smith Perera, Venezuelan politician
* Rohini Perera Marasinghe, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
* Selina Perera (1909-1986), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
* Don Stanley Ernest Perera Rajapakse Senanayake, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1970-1978
* Sumedha Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
* Theodore Duncan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
* Victor Perera, Governor of Northern Province, Sri Lanka from July 2008 – October 2008

## Sports

* Amila Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Augurio Perera, Anglo-Spanish tennis player
* Bathiya Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Chandrishan Perera (1961-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala rugby union player, coach, commentator, journalist, lawyer and administrator
* Derek Perera, Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
* Dilruwan Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Domènec Balmanya Perera, Spanish footballer
* Duminda Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Franck Perera, French race car driver
* Gamini Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Hasini Perera (born 1995), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
* João Manuel Perera Junqueira, Portuguese runner
* José Jesús Perera, Spanish footballer
* Kalana Perera, Sri Lankan Cricketer
* Kusal Perera, Sri Lankan Cricketer
* Mahesh Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Olympic hurdler
* Nimesh Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Peter Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Ruchira Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* S. Perera (Old Cambrians cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Suresh Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Viraj Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Wimalasena Perera (born 1945), Sri Lankan Sinhala long-distance runner